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• Alan Thomas Fairbanks, Taunton, Massachusetts, Verenigde Staten († 2017)
• Bobbie Jean Eberhart, Denver, Colorado, VS († 1962)
• van Ooijen, Veenendaal († 1956)
• Rosalien Gesina Maria (Rosée) Busscher, Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)
• Johannes Alphonsus Bernardus Cornelis van HEESWIJK, Tilburg,,Noord-Brabant, Nederland († 2016)
• Hantsje Anna Visser, Leeuwarden, Friesland, Nederland († 1995)
• Marleen Eyletten, waanrode († 2007)
• Johanna Maria Geertruida van Druten, Den Haag († 2022)
• Theo Schouten, Wervershoof († 2007)
• Rosalien Gesina Maria BUSSCHER, Tubbergen, Overijssel, Nederland († 2019)

• van Ooijen (0), Veenendaal
• Adrianus Johannes van Dijk (66), Tilburg, Gemeente Tilburg, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Annie Wits (71), Etten-Leur
• Aalt Pul (91)
• Bertha Apolonia van Passel (54), Rotterdam
• Auke Hendriks de Vries (68), Ureterp
• Alice Lura Todd (71), Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo Co., Michigan, Verenigde Staten
• Arie Grootenboer (87), Sommelsdijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• (Hendrikus) Johannes van Geesink (84), Einighausen-Limbricht
• Adrianus Rens (73), Velsen, Noord Holland, Nederland

• 1955 » David Twohy, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1955 » Denis Watson, Zimbabwean golfer
• 1955 » Jean-Pierre Hautier, Belgian journalist and television host († 2012)
• 1955 » Rita Verdonk, Dutch journalist and politician, Dutch Minister of Justice
• 1955 » Stu Mead, American painter and illustrator
• 1955 » Timmy Mallett, English radio and television host
• 1955 » Vanessa Briscoe Hay, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1956 » Craig Bartlett, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor
• 1956 » Jim Talent, American lawyer and politician
• 1956 » Martina Navratilova, Czech-American tennis player and coach

• 1942 » Mikhail Nesterov, Russian painter (b. 1862)
• 1947 » Michiaki Kamada, Japanese admiral (b. 1890)
• 1948 » Walther von Brauchitsch, German field marshal (b. 1881)
• 1956 » Yoshio Markino, Japanese painter and author (b. 1869)
• 1959 » Boughera El Ouafi, Algerian-French runner (b. 1898)
• 1961 » Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1962 » Iván Petrovich, Serbian-German actor and singer (b. 1894)
• 1965 » Henry Travers, Irish-American actor (b. 1874)
• 1966 » Elizabeth Arden, Canadian-American businesswoman, founded Elizabeth Arden, Inc. (b. 1878)
• 1966 » S. S. Kresge, American businessman, founded Kmart (b. 1867)

1. Jan
2. Johannes
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Peter
7. Robert
8. Pieter
9. Petrus
10. Gerrit
11. John
12. Adrianus
13. Paul
14. Dirk
15. Jacobus
16. Johan

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Cornelia
4. Elisabeth
5. Anna
6. Wilhelmina
7. Catharina
8. Adriana
9. Petronella
10. Hendrika
11. Yvonne
12. Geertruida
13. Margaretha
14. Marianne
15. Patricia
16. Linda

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from September 2, 1952 to October 13, 1956 the cabinet Drees II, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• In The Netherlands , there was from October 13, 1956 to December 22, 1957 the cabinet Drees III, with Dr. W. Drees (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 10.8 million citizens.
• January 4 » The Greek National Radical Union is formed by Konstantinos Karamanlis.
• February 20 » The United States Merchant Marine Academy becomes a permanent Service Academy.
• September 25 » TAT-1, the first submarine transatlantic telephone cable system, is inaugurated.
• October 15 » FORTRAN, the first modern computer language, is first shared with the coding community.
• October 31 » Hungarian Revolution of 1956: A Revolutionary Headquarters is established in Hungary. Following Imre Nagy's announcement of October 30, banned non-Communist political parties are reformed, and the MDP is replaced by the MSZMP. József Mindszenty is released from prison. The Soviet Politburo makes the decision to crush the Revolution.
• November 7 » Suez Crisis: The United Nations General Assembly adopts a resolution calling for the United Kingdom, France and Israel to immediately withdraw their troops from Egypt.

The temperature on October 18, 1956 was between 8.8 °C and 15.1 °C and averaged 13.0 °C. There was 12.8 mm of rain during 15.3 hours. The almost completely overcast was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.